Bayside crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria council area
Bayside is a council area in Victoria with about 107,164 residents. It has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 254th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by break-ins (68th percentile), homicide (55th percentile), robbery (58th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 36.
In 2024-25: violent 487 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); property 3,988 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier); break-ins 794 per 100,000 (+38% vs five years earlier); theft 2,046 per 100,000 (+13% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 74th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Bayside council area is 3.9% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 2.1% of occupied homes (693 public and 118 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 145 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 14.2 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 28% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, China, New Zealand. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.4% (confidence 84 of 100); social housing about 2% of homes; about 14 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 28.4% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Figures are for 2024-25, the latest year Victoria has published; some other states have released 2025-26.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 487 | 522 | +14% |
| Property | 3,988 | 4,274 | +13% |
| Break-ins | 794 | 851 | +38% |
| Theft | 2,046 | 2,193 | +13% |
Questions
Is Bayside safe?
Bayside recorded 487 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 54% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 60% lower than the national rate (1,220). Its Crime Score is 38.5 out of 100 (low), 254th of 362 councils. These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
How many break-ins are there in Bayside?
851 break-ins were recorded in 2024-25: 794 per 100,000 residents, about 13% higher than the Victoria rate (705).
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Suburbs in the Bayside council area
Beaumaris · Black Rock · Brighton · Brighton East · Brighton North · Dendy · Hampton · Hampton East · Hampton Notrh · Highett · Sandringham
Postcodes in the Bayside council area
3186 · 3187 · 3188 · 3190 · 3191 · 3193
australiancrimerate.com.au/council/vic-bayside/ · Australian Crime Map